▲ 188 ▼ ‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 145 comments fedilink hide all child comments Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen
[–] Mindlight@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) So the method has passed animal testing... What are the next steps in your opinion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] APassenger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* Someone who meets euthanasia standards in a state volunteers to do it. If I was terminal, it's something I'd consider. For science. But I don't think I'd do it so they can kill people with less remorse. Talked myself into a corner there. But a bloodless, mess-less, painless way to die could be useful to people who want to die with dignity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago In my opinion, the only morally acceptable next step is abolishing the death penalty. But, if I objected solely on the basis of the medical experimentation angle, an extensive formal review of the body of evidence by a panel of actual medical experts, plus not using as a subject a guy who already underwent one botched execution, at the very least? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* Someone who meets euthanasia standards in a state volunteers to do it. If I was terminal, it's something I'd consider. For science. But I don't think I'd do it so they can kill people with less remorse. Talked myself into a corner there. But a bloodless, mess-less, painless way to die could be useful to people who want to die with dignity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago In my opinion, the only morally acceptable next step is abolishing the death penalty. But, if I objected solely on the basis of the medical experimentation angle, an extensive formal review of the body of evidence by a panel of actual medical experts, plus not using as a subject a guy who already underwent one botched execution, at the very least? permalink fedilink source parent